Glazed Cinema

Beau Travail

Brian Kinney Season 5 Episode 6

Directed by Claire Denis and released in 1999, Beau Travail follows a Master-at-arms within the French Foreign Legion, named Galloup. He lives for the Legion and strives to be the perfect Legionnaire until one day a new recruit arrives, which raises doubts, questions, and unfamiliar feelings within Galloup. A love story about the Legion itself it is has been heralded as one of the great cinematic works of all time and one that continues to move and inspire audiences to this day.